Anyone help with keeping shrimps

Just wondering who keeps shrimps have been considering adding some to my pleco tanks anyone know if I'll get away with keeping them together ?

Most shrimp are small and the usual rule is that most fish will swallow them if they fit in. Best to stick with a an all shrimp setup i think. There are bigger shrimp on the market such as the bamboo shrimp, vampire shrimp and the red clawed shrimp that grow up to 2 inches. Do yer research and come back with yer decision. Plenty of stunnin dwarf shrimp out there and dont need a huge tank. Another reason to get a new small tank goin. Here are some to wet yer appetite.

have seen them kept in with corys not to sure about plecs

Thanks some nice shrimps out there, just want something to add with the pleco's i'm not wanting to set another tank up at the minute have been down sizing quite a bit there

I kept shrimps in my tropical tank which had a bn and had no issues before I went to malawis. It was the malawis that finished off the shrimp not the bn

could you keep the shrimps in your fry tanks just for a bit of something different or would they or the fry be in danger? cheers

Unfortunately no Fra the fry would bump them off

ahh bummer didnt think fry would be able to do that but suppose it doesnt take them long to get aggressive

Think if I can pick up some cheap shrimps i'll put some in with the plecos to see how they go

I had glass shrimp . Better to go for something more colourful as it was hard to see them.

Gonna try some cheap ones if I can pick them up don't wanna pay crazy prizes till I know if it'll work out, not really seeing and reason why it shouldn't.

They should be no problem with plecs as they should scoot away from any plec that gets too close .Worth a try

Thanks, I'm gonna go for it. Another wee experiment for me to try out

I picked up 50 chery shrimp from a dude for 20 euro and before i knew i had 150 shrimp. Rabbits aint a patch on shrimp.

Plenty of pleco tanks for them when they get going

Kelly wrote:Thanks, I'm gonna go for it. Another wee experiment for me to try out

Thats how it always starts!!

Kelly hopefully will be able to catch some shrimp for you in the morning .I am heading over your way tommorow for a bbq so will drop them in if that suits

Paul

Cheers Kelly of course 1 good turn deserves another . THANK YOU

That's me started now alright, been researching now and know what I'm looking